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SCIENCE FOUNDATION IRELAND ANNUAL REPORT 2015
SFI Research Centres
Phase 1 - 2012
7 SFI Research Centres (2013 - 2019)
Advanced Materials and
BioEngineering Research Centre
www.ambercentre.ie
Microbiome
Institute
APC Microbiome Institute
www.ucc.ie/research/apc
Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal
Translational Research
www.infantcentre.ie
Centre for Data Analytics
Centre for Data Analytics
www.insight-centre.org
Irish Photonic Integration
Research Centre
www.ipic.ie
Marine and Renewable Energy
Ireland
www.marei.ie
Synthesis & Solid State
Pharmaceutical Centre
www.sspc.ie
Phase 2 - 2013
5 SFI Research Centres (2015 - 2021)
Engaging Content
Engaging People
Centre for Digital Content
Technology
www.adaptcentre.ie
Centre for Future Networks and
Communications
www.connectcentre.ie
Centre for Research in Medical
Devices
www.curamdevices.ie
IRISH CENTRE FOR RESEARCH
IN APPLIED GEOSCIENCES
Irish Centre for Research in
Applied Geosciences
www.icrag-centre.org
The Irish Software
Research Centre
www.lero.ie
A key objective of Agenda 2020 was to establish a
cohort of world-leading, large-scale SFI Research
Centres to provide significant economic and societal
impact for Ireland. In 2013, seven SFI Research
Centres were established and in 2015 a further five
were added. The total investment into these 12
SFI Research Centres is €355 million from Science
Foundation Ireland, and a further €190 million from
Industry Partners committed over the six year award
period.
These 12 Centres are focused on strategic areas
of importance to Ireland covering Pharma, Big
Data Analytics, Medical Devices, Nanotechnology
/Materials, Marine and Renewable Energy, Food
for Health/Functional Food, Perinatal Research,
Applied Geosciences, Software, Digital Content and
Telecommunications. The SFI Research Centres have
been further supported via additional funding for
nine major projects through the Science Foundation
Ireland Spokes Programme to a cumulative value of
€23 million.